X-Ray Vision: The Evolution of Medical Imaging and Its Human Significance

by Richard B. Gunderman

The discovery of the x-ray in 1895 proved to be one of the most transformative breakthroughs in the history of science. It ushered in a new era in medicine, allowing physicians and patients to peer inside the living human body, without the use of a scalpel, to assess health and diagnose diseases. The x-ray opened up the world of the very small, allowing us to determine the structure of the molecules of which we are made. It also revealed the true...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199976236
• ISBN13: 9780199976232
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"